Rents are right about where Lynden's 10-year trend predicts.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,971 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
Rent in Lynden is 0.5% below its high of $1,981 in April 2026, at $1,971 as of September 2026.
Rent in Lynden changed +1.9% over the year to September 2026. Across the 97 Washington cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.6%.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($103,233) is $2,581 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,470); a 4-bedroom is $2,960.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Lynden. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Lynden, WA is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 33.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Lynden, WA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2023, rent in Lynden, WA has climbed by $163 per month, settling near $1,971 after starting the period at $1,808. Median household income grew from $78,004 to $103,233 between 2021 and 2024, a 32.3% shift. Income growth outran rent by about 23.3 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Headcount in the area went from 15,410 to 16,234 between 2021 and 2024, a 5.3% change. About 33.8% of households rent today, against 36.4% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 25.5% to 33.1%. Taken together, the five-year picture in Lynden, WA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Lynden is $1,971/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,450/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,760/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,480/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,470/mo.
At 23% of local median household income ($103,233/yr), Lynden ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.9% over the past year.
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